lukim yu bihain pukpuk

Tok Pisin edit

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FWOTD – 24 September 2012

Etymology edit

Calque of English see you later alligator.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kim ju ˈbi.hajn ˈpuk.puk/

Phrase edit

lukim yu bihain pukpuk

see you later alligator.

References edit

Franklin, Karl J. & Thomas, Steven Kambi. 2006. 'Some Tok Pisin Idioms'. SIL Electronic Working Papers 2006-004.